In article >, "Dutch" >
wrote:

> "Ron" > wrote
> > "Dutch" > wrote:
>
> >> Recoiling and/or defending from threats is
> >> instinctive in all organisms.
> >
> > Who is being threatened and by whom? Sorry, dutch, the paranoia meter is
> > just going off the scale.
> >
> > Responding to a real threat is different than responding to an imagine
> > threats. (Oops, there's my shadow.)
>
> Your participation in these discussions is a real threat to your carefully
> groomed terminal stupidity, and you are recoiling from it.

Indeed. Unfortunately, you've failed to respond in the past, so this is
unlikely to be different.

What is the likelihood of any of us being murdered versus the likelihood
of any specific person being murder with factors that may make such an
act more likely to happen?

Imagined and real threats are different for anyone with an ability to
reason. One could be murdered, killed in a car wreck and so on, the
chances of these events happening though are quite slim for anyone of us.